Leg rest for furniture



July 15 1924. 1,501,122

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LEG BEST FOR FURNITURE.

Application filed December 3, 1921. Serial No. 519,651.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORTON C. LITTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Menasha, county of V'innebago, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new. and useful Improvements in Leg Rests for Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in leg rests for furniture.

It is the object of this invention to provide a device particularly adapted to sup port the leg of a stove or the similarly formed legs of other pieces of furniture. More specifically it is the object of this invention to provide a leg rest adapted to receive and to remain in association with the leg of a stove, to keep the stove leg from marring the floor, and to promote sanitation by making it easier to sweep or otherwise cleanse the floor about the stove.

Devices which have previously been constructed for similar purposes have been de fective in that they were either so made as to catch and retain dust and uirt, or else they have been perfectly level, so that a stove or other piece of furniture could with difficulty be poised upon them. It is the object of this invention to so design a stove rest that it will be unusually effective, and at the same time will promote sanitation.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the rest in use with the leg of a stove supported thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan View of'the leg rest embodying this invention.

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

The rest is preferably made of glass or of some other close grained substance which may be given a high polish to prevent the accumulation of dust thereon and to facilitate cleansing.

The leg rest embodying this invention comprises a base portion 1 which may be made of frustro conical form for the sake of greater stability than would otherwise be obtained. Upon the upper surface 2 of the base portion, and preferably integral with the base, are two projections grouped in the manner best shown in Figure 2. Adjacent one edge of the base portion is a lozenge shaped projection 3 with its exterior curved surface preferably aligned with the sloping wall of the base. The inner surface 3' of the projection 8 may be arcuate, concentric with the outer surface.

A second projection at, which is also preferably integral with the base portion, is disposed upon the surface 2 in a predetermined relation to the projection 3. The projection 4 is preferably located with its center upon the radius common to the base portion 1 and lozenge shaped projection 23. It is sufficiently removed from the last named projection to permit the introduction of the lower portion of a stove leg therebetween.

It will be noted that the base portion 1 is shown in the drawings to be hollow; more accurately, to be provided with a re cess in its under side. This construction is not regarded as material to the present invention, since the rest would be equally cffective and only slightly more expensive to make if the base portion were of uniform thickness throughout.

It will be noted that the leg rest above described is designed to fulfill the objects specified for this invention. Stove legs of arcuate cross section are adapted to be mounted upon the legrest of this invention in the manner shown in Figure 1. Obviously, it will be practically impossible for the leg of a stove to become accidentally dislodged from itsposition upon the rest. The circular projection 4 is embraced within the arcuate disposed walls of the stove leg 5, while the projection 3, with its arcuate inner surface 3, interacts with the outer portion of the stove leg to maintain the leg in engagement with the central projection or stud 4. In View of the rounded surfaces of the improved rest, and in view of the fact also that the rest is adapted to engage the leg of a stove without having a depression in its top, in which dust may accumulate, this rest is adapted to promote sanitation.

I claim:

1. A leg rest comprising a circular base portion having a flat surface adapted to rest upon. the floor in a position of stability thereon, and also having upwardly tapering sides, and a fiat top surface provided-with apair of upward projections shaped to fit respectively against the inner and outer surfaces of a leg and spaced apart to receive between them the base of the leg.

2. A leg rest for furniture having recessed legs, said rest comprising an upwardly tapering edge, and a substantially plane top, said top provided with a pair of upwardly extending lugs having their adjacent inargins respectively convexly and concavel curved.

3. A leg rest for furniture having legs provided with recessed feet, said rest comprising a circular base, and a substantially plane top, an arcuate lug upon said top adjacent the outer periphery thereof, a

second lug spaced centrally from said arcuate lug and adapted to co-act therewith to retain a recessed foot upon said base irrespective of the particular size or shape of the recess of said foot, the surface of said top extending laterally and then down- Wardly from said lugs, whereby a variety of forms of such feet may be supported by a single. rest Without necessitating the provision of a dust-catching peripheral ridge upon said base. I

4. A leg rest comprising a base having a surface adapted to rest upon the floor in a position of stability and having an upper surface of a size and shape adapted to support selectively concave furniture feet of different shapes, said upper surface being provided with a pair of spaced upwardly projecting positioning lugs relatively dis posed to lie interiorly and exteriorly of a concave footsupported on said upper surface, irrespective of the particular shape of said foot, with the wall of the foot fitting between said projections whereby to position the foot upon said base withoutforming dust-catching recesses, said supporting surface being substantially smooth except for said projections.

ORTON C. LITTLE. 

